Cheers erupted after a spoken word artist finished his poem, an impassioned plea for a change to how DeWitt Clinton High School handles its safety administration.

The artist, Jorman Nuñez, a local organizer, was among a few dozen Clinton students who gathered at the Glad Tidings Church on Van Cortlandt Avenue last week, to discuss what they consider to be glaring deficiencies with the school’s security, which is overseen by the New York Police Department’s School Safety Agent (SSA) Division.

The event was organized by Sistas and Brothas United (SBU), a “youth led organization” which focuses on teaching students leadership skills.

Yulissa Liriano, another student speaker at the event, said the SSAs are often “rude, immature, and disrespectful.” Liriano continued, “I remember seeing someone get jumped [right in front of] officers, and them doing nothing.”

When asked for a comment, a police department spokesperson would only say, “You want us to comment on what a bunch of high schoolers said at a rally?”

In February, the Highbridge Horizon reported that, since 2002, the NYPD had received 2,670 complaints against SSAs, 27 percent of which were substantiated by the NYPD.